Jock Kane, employee of GCHQ complains about the organisation when Sir Arthur Bonsall, graduate of St Catharine’s College, was its head.

The British Intelligence episode of After Dark, contains an interesting and very critical discussion by individuals who have worked for or on behalf of various British intelligence agencies.

Of particular interest are the revelations by Jock Kane, ex-employee of GCHQ who tried to raise several complaints within government about corruption within that organisation. The head of GCHQ at that time was none other than Sir Arthur Bonsall, an alumni of St Catharine’s college, Cambridge.

It does not appear that attitudes towards raising complaints have improved since that period. One might in fact state that attitudes have worsened which is inevitable given the increasing powers available to the agency, the lack of oversight as I shall point out later and the increasing level of secrecy since the passing of legislation such as